Highly efficient coding apparatus for a digital video signal
First Claim
1. A highly efficient coding apparatus for coding digital video data in a format composed of blocks of digital video data representing plural picture elements and allowing compression of the video data, comprising:
- first and second detecting means for detecting maximum and minimum values, respectively, of the digital video data representing the plural picture elements in each of said blocks;
means for generating dynamic range information for each said block from said maximum and minimum values for the respective block;
means for generating modified digital video data for each said block as the difference between each of the digital video data and one of said maximum and minimum values for said respective block;
means for encoding said modified digital video data with a variable digitized bit number determined by said dynamic range information for said respective block so as to provide coded data of variable bit length; and
transmitting means for transmitting the coded data of variable bit length and an additional code for each said respective block formed of at least two of said maximum and minimum values and a signal corresponding to said dynamic range information.
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Abstract
In an apparatus for coding digital video data in the form of block of data, the dynamic range information is generated from maximum and minimum values of plural picture elements in a block, the minimum value is subtracted from each of the digital data to generate modified digital video data, the modified digital video data is encoded with a variable digitized bit number determined by the dynamic range information, and the encoded data and an additional code for each block formed of at least two of the maximum value, the minimum value, and a signal representing the dynamic range information are transmitted.
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1. A highly efficient coding apparatus for coding digital video data in a format composed of blocks of digital video data representing plural picture elements and allowing compression of the video data, comprising:
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first and second detecting means for detecting maximum and minimum values, respectively, of the digital video data representing the plural picture elements in each of said blocks; means for generating dynamic range information for each said block from said maximum and minimum values for the respective block; means for generating modified digital video data for each said block as the difference between each of the digital video data and one of said maximum and minimum values for said respective block; means for encoding said modified digital video data with a variable digitized bit number determined by said dynamic range information for said respective block so as to provide coded data of variable bit length; and transmitting means for transmitting the coded data of variable bit length and an additional code for each said respective block formed of at least two of said maximum and minimum values and a signal corresponding to said dynamic range information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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